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Universal Tennis, Amazon Announce Rights Deal

Amazon and Universal Tennis have announced a media rights deal and investment, which will see the two companies work together to drive positive, innovative changes to the sport of tennis. As part of the agreement, Prime Video will become the home of the UTR Pro Tennis Tour (PTT) events. Launched in 2021, the PTT completed […]

March 8, 2022

iMAG delivers automated HDR LED for Sky Glass

Virtual production and LED hire specialist, iMAG, was approached about Sky Glass’s launch event via freelance production director and multi award winning creative agency INCA’s technical director for the project, Mark Connolly. With the key challenge of deploying a solution that would match Sky Glass’s advanced technology and Sky’s aspirations for the product, this global […]

March 8, 2022

Limelight to acquire Edgecast

In a move that it says will create a “global leader in edge enabled software solutions”, content delivery specialist Limelight Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo’s Edgecast, a provider of edge security, content delivery and video services, in an all-stock transaction. The transaction values Edgecast at approximately $300 million (€275.7m), or […]

March 7, 2022

No Woman No Try on Prime Video

No Woman No Try, a confronting documentary about the current status of gender, ethnicity and sexual equality within women’s rugby, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video worldwide, on March 25th. No Woman No Try explores gender inequality through the lens of rugby and the women and men championing change across the sporting community. Professional rugby […]

March 4, 2022

Bug Out on IMDb TV

All four episodes of the new IMDb TV Original docuseries Bug Out are now available to stream exclusively on IMDb TV, Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service. Bug Out holds the magnifying glass to one of the most bizarre crimes in recent history: The theft of $50,000 worth of living bugs from the Philadelphia Insectarium. As detectives with the Philadelphia Police Department investigate, […]

March 4, 2022

Prime Video launching £10m UK training scheme

Prime Video has announced Prime Video Pathway, a multifaceted training initiative designed to open up access to jobs in the TV and film industry across the UK. Committing to spend £10 million (€11.9m) across three years, Prime Video has unveiled a flagship collaboration with one of the UK’s leading TV and film school, the National […]

March 2, 2022

Digital I JV with The Film Agency

Digital i, an analytics and mediatech company, has announced the launch of a new product, Think Data: Bridging The Data Gap. As part of a venture with Madrid-based marketing agency, The Film Agency, Think Data harnesses the SVoD viewership data provided by Digital i’s SoDA platform to create a series of pan-European monthly insight reports […]

March 1, 2022

Silver Spoon hires Cardetti

Silver Spoon continues to augment its real-time animation and virtual production capabilities with the hiring of new Head of Production, Angela Cardetti. The recent enlistment follows the studio’s expansion of operations to Los Angeles in addition to their New York base. Silver Spoon continues to lead the virtual production industry, supporting broadcast projects like the […]

February 28, 2022

Study: Streamed TV continues to surge

The increased shift of audience attention from linear TV to streaming/CTV holds great potential for both advertisers and broadcasters, according to audience measurement platform AudienceProject. In a blog post following the publication of the company’s study, Insights 2022 – Linear TV and streaming, which looks at the current state of linear TV and streaming consumption […]

February 25, 2022By Colin Mann

Movistar launches Living App with Amazon

Movistar Plus has added a new Living App that allows subscribers to purchase products through Amazon, claiming it as a “pioneering service” in the country. Movistar subscribers, via their UHD STB, can gain access to over 20,000 products with immediate delivery. Once a product is selected, the purchase is completed through the mobile app or […]

February 25, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid